Mountain Biking Pikes Peak / Barr Trail

Ron from Colorado Springs has been wanting to ride Pikes Peak top to bottom for several years. I was not sure about it, but I finally gave in and joined in. It was a blast and included ~6000 vertical feet of downhill mountain biking.

Mark is having fun in the great outdoors.
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Time:08/26/2009 09:32:07 (US/Mountain)
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M2M 5km Run

This morning Shadow and I ran the Mountain to Mountain 5km race in
Breckenridge.

It was our first run and race of the year. I didn't know if I could
do it but we ran without stopping and finished in 26 minutes. It was
a ton of fun, a good fitness check and so much easier then high school
XC where you are racing to win.

Roller Dolls Blur

Next door to the Rocky Mountain Bike Show was a roller derby.

Roller Derby? you ask. That's how I felt before I went but now I get it.

The girls are fast, athletic and appear to have a lot of fun. Each team has 5 skaters on the track at time. There is 1 lead skater whose purpose I did not understand, then there are 3 blocking skaters and 1 rear skater. The rear skaters score points for their team by getting around the blocking an lead skaters of the opposing team.

Rocky Mountain Bike Show

The 2nd annual Rocky Mountain Bike Show occurred in Denver today. After a long day of working in the yard, I rushed over and caught the last hour. My favorite bikes there were made of machined wood by Renovo.

http://www.renovobikes.com/

While at the bike show I also saw Sonya Looney. Sonya is a professional mountain biker with Topeak Ergon whose blog I enjoy reading whenever Rickard sends me updates.

http://www.sonyalooney.missingsaddle.com/

Ultimate Bike Performance

Is it time for you to get some spandex and start shaving your legs?

Leadville 100 - From fun to pain

When does mountain biking 100 miles at 10,000 feet stop being fun and start becoming painful.  It would probably hit me at mile 50 but while helping a friend with water bottles who was racing, I must admit I saw more smiles then frowns.

I have to give Dave Weins props because he has won the race multiple times but he could not hold off Lance this year.  But it wasn't to big of a surprise that Lance set a new course record of 6:30...  After all he took 2nd in the Tour de France this year.  Either way, I wish I was racing this weekend so I could of said I raced with Lance.

Sturgis 69 - Motorcycle and Hail

Brian and I cruised to Sturgis in my truck this last weekend. In case you do not know, Sturgis is one of the worlds largest motorcycle rallies and this year was their 69th anniversary. The rally runs an entire week and we arrived Friday afternoon on the closing weekend. There were 100,000s of bikers in all directions and it was an awesome time. Unfortunately, golf ball plus size hail rolled through and destroyed all sorts of vehicles including my truck. (The black truck is like my truck but was messed up even worse)

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Mark is having fun in the great outdoors.
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Nearest Location:not known
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Time:08/08/2009 10:33:26 (US/Mountain)
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Colorado Wheat Harvest 09 - Better Then Ever

The wet spring and summer in Colorado this year resulted in a fantastic wheat harvest. I went out east near Arriba and helped my cousins with harvest. It was a great time and I was happy to help them. They work long hard hours but being outside and driving a combine was a fun change compared to my cubicle. Hopefully I will make it Oklahoma and Kansas some year for harvest where I also have family that farms.

Kenosha Pass / Colorado Trail Mountain Biking

Ron and Jake organized another bike trip this weekend. Saturday they rode downhill at Keystone while I raced at Winter Park. Then on Sunday we road the Colorado Trail starting at Kenosha Pass on Highway 285 and road northwest over the Continental Divide to Breckenridge. It was a great ride and the first part was filled with big views and wild flowers. Once we reached the divide summit, weather was blowing in so we had to skip the last 14 miles of downhill rolling single track. I guess that means we will have to go back some year. ;-)

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Mark is having fun in the great outdoors.
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Time:07/12/2009 14:32:06 (US/Mountain)
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Sailing the high seas of Utah with Ryan, Mike, Linda, Jeff, Erin, Matt and Laura 6/10/09 thru 6/14/09.
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Time:06/13/2009 12:29:26 (US/Mountain)
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Sailing the high seas of Utah with Ryan, Mike, Linda, Jeff, Erin, Matt and Laura 6/10/09 thru 6/14/09.
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Time:06/12/2009 10:27:58 (US/Mountain)
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Sailing the high seas of Utah with Ryan, Mike, Linda, Jeff, Erin, Matt and Laura 6/10/09 thru 6/14/09.
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Time:06/11/2009 15:44:55 (US/Mountain)
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Sailing the high seas of Utah with Ryan, Mike, Linda, Jeff, Erin, Matt and Laura 6/10/09 thru 6/14/09.
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Time:06/11/2009 10:02:01 (US/Mountain)
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Sailing the high seas of Utah with Ryan, Mike, Linda, Jeff, Erin, Matt and Laura 6/10/09 thru 6/14/09.
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Time:06/11/2009 08:38:12 (US/Mountain)
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Sailing the high seas of Utah with Ryan, Mike, Linda, Jeff, Erin, Matt and Laura 6/10/09 thru 6/14/09.
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Bon Voyage

We have left Bullfrog and are on the water so I imagine cell coverage
will drop and this will be my last post. I'm excited, this is going
to be FUN!!!

Hello Powers

Wow, it's a small world.

While we were loading the houseboat I saw a lady on the dock I
recogonized. It was Lousie from Winter Park and she was also setting
sail today with Graham, Heidi and family. It looks like you missed
this trip Allison but I'm sure you are doing something equally cool.

Bar?

Learning how the bar works and everything else.

Rough

It's going to be rough. I think that's why Mike and Laura have such
big smiles. The houseboat is 73' long, has 5 bedrooms, a nice
kitchen, a big flat screen, a roofside deck with bar, hottub and BBQ.

Good job Jeff. This boat rocks.

Boat comparison

Jeff's boat vs my boat. His has 400hp, can carry 12 people and 20
cases of beer. My boat has 0.01hp, can carry only me and 1 can of beer.